Chernoochene Municipality

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Chernoochene Municipality
Община Черноочене
Municipality
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Chernoochene (Yeni Pazar)
Coordinates: 41°46′N25°21′E / 41.767°N 25.350°E / 41.767; 25.350
Country Bulgaria
Province Kardzhali
Area
  Total
328.57 km2 (126.86 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
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Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website chernoochene.com
Chernoochene municipality within Kardzhali Province Cernocene Municipality is a municipality located in the Kardzhali Province of Bulgaria. Its administrative centre is the town of Cernocene. Map of Chernoochene municipality (Kardzhali Province).png
Chernoochene municipality within Kardzhali Province Cernocene Municipality is a municipality located in the Kardzhali Province of Bulgaria. Its administrative centre is the town of Cernocene.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Chernoochene has the highest relative share of ethnic Bulgarian Turks (97.1%), as well as Muslims (96.6%) of the total country. Chernoochene is a rural municipality, with all of its inhabitants living in one of the fifty villages. As of December 2018, the municipality of Chernoochene has 8,791 inhabitants.

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Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Chernoochene Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
2.2%
Catholicism
0.1%
Protestantism
0.0%
Islam
96.6%
No religion
0.1%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
1.0%

Most ethnic Turks are Muslim. Most ethnic Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians, living in the village of Pchelarovo. All other villages have a Turkish and Islamic majority.

References

  1. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.